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The completion of 4 large railway projects successful Telangana has been delayed owed to onshore acquisition issues involving astir 214 hectares. These projects see Guntur–Bibinagar doubling, Mudkhed–Medchal doubling (31 hectares), Mahbubnagar–Dhone doubling (70 hectares), Kazipet–Vijayawada 3rd enactment (17 hectares) and Manoharabad–Kothapalli caller enactment (96 hectares).
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed Parliament connected Wednesday that the execution of cardinal infrastructure projects successful Telangana is being held up owed to delays successful acquiring astir 764 hectares of onshore overall, with 1,580 hectares acquired truthful far.
In a written reply to questions posed by Nizamabad MP Arvind Dharmapuri, the Minister stated that the Siddipet–Siricilla (31 km) agelong of the Manoharabad–Kothapalli caller enactment is stalled due to the fact that ₹10.10 crore for wood onshore diversion is yet to beryllium deposited by the State government.
For 4 different projects sanctioned connected a cost-sharing ground astatine ₹4,704 crore, the authorities has not deposited ₹814 crore, which is ‘adversely affecting advancement of works’, the Minister stated. Over the past decade, astir 774 km of caller way has been commissioned successful Telangana with outlay for infrastructure projects gradually expanding from ₹4,418 crore (2023-24) to ₹5,336 crore (2024-25) and ₹5,337 crore (2025-26).
As of April 1, 2025, 20 projects — including six caller lines and 14 doubling works totaling 2,165 km and costing ₹35,045 crore — person been sanctioned. Of these, 547 km person been commissioned, with an expenditure of ₹11,549 crore incurred up to March 2025.
Recently completed works person been: Peddapalli- Nizamabad caller enactment (178 km), Jaggayyapeta- Janpahad caller enactment (48 km), Akkanapet – Medak caller enactment (17 km), Bhadrachalam Road-Sattupalli caller enactment (56 km), Raghavapuram-Mandamari doubling (24 km), Raichur-Guntakal doubling (81 km), Secunderabad- Mahbubnagar doubling (85 km) and MMTS Phase-II (103 km).
Mr. Vaishnaw besides said that successful the past fewer years, 57 surveys (18 caller enactment and 39 doubling) covering 5,672 km person been sanctioned falling fully/partly successful Telangana.
